Jointed cut-out figure.



No. 814,340. PATBNTBD MAR. 6, 1906. T. E. WOOD.

JOINTED GUT-OUT FIGURE.

APPLICATION rum) MAR.28, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THADDEUS E. WOOD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR. TO AMERICAN UOLORTYPECOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, .N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

\JOINTED CUT-OUT FlGURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 6, 1906 To all whom it Harry concern:

Be it known that I, TIIADDEUS E. VVoon, a. citizen of the United States,residin in the city, county, and State of New Yor have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Jointed Cut-Out Figures, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and concise specification.

My invention relates to jointed cut-out figures; and it consists ofcertain features of improvement hereinbelow more fully described,whereby articles of this class are caused to have a greater resemblanceto life and agreater durability and facility of manipulation withoutcomplicating the manufacture or increasing the cost.

Referring to the accompanying one sheet of drawings, forming a parthereof, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an assembled jointed figure.Fig. 2 is a plan of several of the sections thereof detached andunfolded. Fig. 3 is a similar view of one of the limb-sections, and Fig.4 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 1 partly unfolded looking in thedirection of the arrows on line IV IV The device comprises a pluralityof figure members which are formed to represent parts or portions of acomplete articulated figure, the several members thereof beingdelineated on a sheet of pa er or similar material adapt ed to be suppie to the trade, so that the said members may be cut out therefrom,folded, and assembled. The said members, however, may also be suppliedto the trade already cut out, folded, and assembled, if desired.Preferably each of the various membersis formed double, so that it maybefolded upon itself to provide a double-sided fi ure.

As shown herein, the bod portion 1 o the figure is s metrically deineated with respect to a olding-line a a, Fig. 2, and on the op ositemargins of the sides of the body inter ockin tabs 2 are provided foraiding in holding the folded portions thereof together. The head-section3 and the tail 4 are similarly formed, as shown in Fig. 2, each of thesecomprisin a section of sheet material adapted to be f0 ded over u onitself on the line a a to constitute a doub e-sided figure member.

These sections are each formed with two joint members 5 in the form ofinto ral procm the Lections or cars cut out or extended lank havingrather thin necks and relatively large heads, which are preferablycircular in contour. The said joint members 5 are located, respectively,on opposite sides of their folding-lines and are adapted to interlockwith complementary joint members in the corresponding opposite folds ofthe body-section 1. The complementary joint members referred to consistof apertures 6 in the bodysection 1 of a diameter about equal to thewidth of the necks of the members 5, so that the heads may be pushedthrough them, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings, and the saidnecks will have a frictionbearing against the edges of the apertures.

The union of the doublesided head and tail sections with the oppositesides of the body-section serves to assist in holding the lattertogether and gives a natural and uniform aspect to the figure whenviewed from either side. The proboscis 7 of the animalfigure shownherein is formed the same as the other sections, having two projectingjoint members 8 adapted to interlock from the outside with correspondingapertures 9 in the folded sides of the head and hold the same togetherin the same manner as the head serves to hold the body-section together.One of the limb-sections 10 is shown in Fig. 3, in which it will beobserved that these also are formed double and symmetrical, havingsuitable lines or pictorial representations portrayed u on them torepresent the actual limb. T ey are each folded over upon themselves onthe folding-line b b and provided with two projecting joint members 11,symmetrically located with res set to the said folding-line, so thatthey register when folded over. her are adapted to interlock with asingle 9. erture 12 in one or the other of the folds of tl iebody-section 1, thereby giving the appropriate aspect to said limmembers from both sides of the figure and also providing adequatestability for the figure when it is desued to place the same in standingposture. This relation of the members is shown in 'Fig. 4.

It will be observed that by virtue of the joints between the variousmembers of the figure the same may be readily moved into variousrelations, in which positions they will remain by virtue of the frictionof the joints, and, moreover, it will be understood that any number ofjoints may be provided in or between the various members of the figureand The superposed heads of each memthat'such members as are single1ikethe head, tail, or proboscis above describedare preferably jointed toopposite folds of adjacent sections to hold the same together.

The invention is obviously not concerned with the character of thefigure which it is employed to re )resent, and various developments andmo ifications of the same are intended to be included within the scopeof the following claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byUnited States Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class described, comprising sections of sheetmaterial having representations of figure members thereon respectively,ada ted to be folded over upon themselves to orrn an articulateddouble-sided figure, one or more of said sections being provided with'oint members formed thereon on opposite si es of the folding-linethereof and adapted to interlock respectively with com- )lementary jointmembers on the opposite folds of another section, and another of saidsections formed with superposed joint members symmetrically located onopposite sides of the folding-line thereof both adapted to interlockwith a complementary joint member on one of the folds of said sections.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a section of sheetmaterial representin two 0 osite sides of a figure-body, adapte to be fbded over on itself to constitute a double-sided figure-body, a sectionrepresentin the op osite sides of a figure-head for sai body, ikewiseada ted to be folded over to form a double-side figure member and jointmembers formed on each of the sides thereof adapted to interlock withcomplementary joint members respectively on the opposite sides of thebody-section, and another section representin the opposite sides of afigure-limb adapted to be folded over to form a double-sided figuremember having superposed registering 'oint members formed thereon andboth adapted to interlock with a complementary joint member on one ofthe sides of the figurebody.

3. A device of the class described, comprising sections of sheetmaterial having representations of fi ure members thereon each adaptedto be fo ded over upon itself to form a part of a double-sided figure,in combination with joint members formed on some of said sections on oposite sides of the foldinglines thereof and a apted to interlockrespectively with the com lementary 'oint members on the opposite oldsof anot er section.

4. A device of the class described, comprising sections of sheetmaterial having representations of figure members thereon adapted to berespectively folded over upon themselves to form a double-sided figure,in combination with superposed registering joint members formed on oneof said sections and both adapted to interlock with a complementary ointmember formed on one side of another section.

5. A device of the class described comprising a section of sheetmaterial having representations of the two sides of a figure-bodythereon and adapted to be folded over upon itself, another sectionrepresenting a figure member folded u on itself and united to theopposite sides 0 said body-section to hold the same together, incombination with further sections representing figure-limbs folded onthemselves to constitute double-sided figure members and adapted to bejointed respectively to the opposite sides of said folded body-section.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to the specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

THADDEUS E. WOOD.

Witnesses:

MICHAEL SCILIPOTI, JOSEPH K. ARosEMENA.

